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Ok, im getting very upset bc i love all my fish, ive just recently lost my female molly Darcie to the mouth fungus that quickly spread throughout her body before i could do anything, Now i fear my ghost catfish has it as well. Tho he is acting different than she did. He is hiding, and staying away from others, but is eating very well.
A huge concern of mine is that my male molly Punk, has been very upset since i separated him from the female and he doesnt know she died, he just keeps attacking the side of the tank that he thinks she on, and he became very aggresive towards the other fish. I was going to get try to get him another friends or mate to see if that helped him, but i just checked on him for their night feeding and his eye is swollen. Id say about 3x larger than normal. I have no idea what this could be. Is it a sickness or just like a black eye from hitting it? Im still new at this and im becoming terribly discouraged. Losing my molly, losing 40 fry due to an unknown cause (different tank)And now everyone else becoming sick in some way...

He probably has an infection or may have the same fungus (just internally). You should probably treat the whole tank for that fungus, as she was probably infected in the main tank... as long as it is safe for your catfish.

Is the side that your male is attacking see through or do you have the paper decor around your tank? If it's see through, you should probably put some paper up on that side so he might stop.

How many times are you feeding your fish? Once a day is all that's necessary. When you're new to the hobby it seems like everything goes wrong, but you'll get the hang of it just stick with it.

How often are you doing water changes? And how much are you changing each time?
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